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A stylish and spacious interior creates a cool and comfortable environment in the CR-V. Quality materials and a familiar layout combine for a contemporary look and feel.

Interior Space Comparisons

Most of this class earns high marks in terms of front-passenger space, the Ford Escape especially. Still, the interior of the CR-V is one of the most spacious, especially in the rear seat, where there’s plenty of room for two adults to fit comfortably.

Front Seats

Back Seats

Interior Features

The interior of the CR-V is attractive and functional, featuring a dashboard made from soft-touch materials, a versatile center console, and an excellent driving position. The three-zone instrument cluster is unusual but straightforward, and it brings a contemporary vibe to the cabin. A tasteful balance of faux-wood accents, chromed plastic, and brushed-satin finishes looked particularly upscale in the Touring version we tested. Supportive and nicely sculpted front seats hug their occupants in all the right places to keep them content. Climate control is handled via your choice of rotary knobs, redundant buttons, or touchscreen inputs. Unfortunately, directing airflow, other than front and rear defrost, has to be done on the touchscreen, and it’s a pain. What’s great about the CR-V’s interior is that it appears more advanced and well-appointed than most of its rivals.

Feature

Standard/Optional

Tilting steering column

Standard

Telescoping steering column

Standard

Power-adjustable steering column

Not Available

Heated steering wheel

Optional

Power-adjustable pedals

Not Available

Memory driver’s seat

Optional

Massaging driver’s seat

Not Available

Massaging front-passenger seat

Not Available

Power driver’s seat

Optional

Power front-passenger seat

Optional

Heated front seats

Optional

Heated rear seats

Not Available

Cooled front seats

Not Available

Cooled rear seats

Not Available

Head-up display

Not Available

Rear-seat entertainment system

Not Available

Seat Adjustments

2017 Honda CR-V Touring

Fore/Aft

Recline

Shoulder articulation

Lumbar support

Height

Thigh support

Side bolster

Headrest tilt

Driver’s seat

X

X

X

X

X

Front-passen-ger seat

X

X

X

Climate Control

Manual climate control

Automatic climate control

Second-row climate control

Second-row HVAC vent

2017 Honda CR-V Touring

No

Two-zone

No

Yes

Cupholder Location

Vehicle Tested: 2017 Honda CR-V Touring

Seating Height

At 28.1 inches, the seating height of the CR-V is very similar to those of its rivals. To accurately measure seating height—the distance from the road to the driver’s hip—we use an H-Point Machine (HPM), a precisely engineered device marketed by the Society of Automotive Engineers. This versatile tool, along with some lasers and simple trigonometry, also reveals the width and location of roof-pillar visibility obstructions. Our H-Point Machine and laser measurement tools determine the length of road obscured by the hood as well as the road obscured by the trunk or hatch (as seen through the rearview mirror).

Sliding in and out of the CR-V for front- and rear-seat passengers is a cakewalk due to a low step-in height and seats positioned at the level of most people’s hips.

Seating-Height Comparisons

Blind Spots and Visibility

Tall windows and relatively narrow A-pillars mean good forward visibility out of the CR-V. While the sloping hood doesn’t block much of the road in front of the vehicle, the CR-V’s 17 feet of obscured roadway trailed behind the Jeep Cherokee. Rearward visibility was much worse, where 91 feet of obscured roadway was 25 feet more than any rival.

Roof pillars protect occupants in a rollover crash, but they also create blind spots. We determine visibility by measuring the location and width of each pillar using an H-Point Machine and a laser beam (surrogates for a driver and eyeball, respectively).